EOI – Wentworth Visitor Centre Café

Yabby Trap Roundup

Yabby Trap Round-Up: Swap your opera house yabby traps for an Oar-Gee Plow lure!*

Commencing from Monday 8 January 2024, the Yabby Trap Round-Up is collecting all old and unwanted yabby traps to protect the future of fishing and the health of our waterways. The traps collected will be recycled into useful products for fishers, with the proceed being used to support habitat restoration.

Your local Trap Drop Spot will be the Buronga Landfill, 258 Arumpo Road, Buronga.

The Yabby Trap Round-Up program is an initiative of TierraMar in collaboration with OzFish Unlimited and the NSW DPI.

*Limit of one Oar-Gee Plow lure per person

Old Wentworth Road Closure

Old Wentworth Road Closure

Old Wentworth Road and Keenan’s Drive will be closed to all traffic from the Silver City Highway intersection in Coomealla to the Wentworth Racecourse from Monday 11 March to Friday 5 April.

Please seek the alternative route via Silver City Highway if travelling between Coomealla/Dareton and Wentworth areas. Council apologises for any inconvenience this closure may cause.

Flood Experience Survey

Were you affected by flooding between August 2022 and March 2023? Natural Hazards Research Australia currently has an online survey looking for the Wentworth Shire community to share their flood experiences. Submissions also have the chance to win one of ten $150 Woolworths vouchers. 

Every story is important as there were a wide range of flood impacts. Not everyone who was affected will have had water in their home or business. You may have chosen to spend the night away due to flood concerns, or perhaps your access roads were cut off by floodwaters and you were isolated for a period of time – all of these experiences are relevant.   

Be part of improving preparedness and response for floods and reduce future flood risk. 

This independent research is conducted by Natural Hazards Research Australia with RMIT, Macquarie University, Monash University and will aid in improving community safety and resilience in future floods. 

Find out more and complete the survey at  https://bit.ly/sa-vic-nsw 

Happy International Women’s Day

Happy International Women’s Day to all women across the Wentworth Shire, Australia and the world.

International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality.

IWD has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. IWD is not country, group or organization specific.

#IWD2024 #InspireInclusion

For more information, go to www.internationalwomensday.com

Low Darling Road Resheeting Works

Tender Reference: PT2324/13
Wentworth Shire Council is seeking tenders from suitable qualified contractors for the 5.7km of resheeting works along the Low Darling Road, Wentworth.

Closing: 3pm, Friday 29 March 2024


Enquiries in relation to the above tender should contact Administration Officer Roads & Engineering by phoning (03) 5027 5027


Wentworth Shire Council has transitioned to VendorPanel for Tenders and high-value procurement. To learn more and to register, visit: www.wentworth.nsw.gov.au/vendorpanel-for-tenders-and-high-value-procurement/


Planning Proposal to amend the Wentworth Local Environmental Plan 2011

Changes to waterways in Wentworth Shire

Suspension of Alcohol-free zone

Economic Development Strategy 2024-2028